Surgery on Tuesday

Braden's surgery is set for Tuesday the 27th. I believe it is going to be mid-morning or early afternoon. We are not sure if he will be released the next day or need to stay two nights. After his first head surgery, the next day he was bouncing around and extremely hungry. He was only 5lbs then and over 13 now, so we are hoping the extra strength will help him get through this even better. His Pre-Op is on Monday, and I (Steve) and my mother will take him to Chirdren's in Dallas to have some blood work and evaluations done. Then we'll go back on Tuesday hoping to only stay 1 night there. Thanks to everyone who has expressed so much interest. With so many national disasters and tradgedies going on in our country right now, it is comforting to know so many people still find it in them to care for our situation as much as they do.

On a lighter note, Braden was Baptised yesterday in Denton. He did so well, I think he loved all the attention he received. JJ & Clara, his aunt & uncle are his Godparents, but JJ was not able to be there due to living in Galveston and MS. Hurricane Rita. Chris, another of Braden's uncles, filled in for him. It really went well, Braden didn't even cry when they lowered him chest deep in the water, actually his instincts kicked in and tried to swim. He was kicking his legs and waving his arms, I think if we would have let him go he would've swam to the top. This may turn out to be the ideal sport for Braden since he already seems to have a knack for it, oh great, now we have to think about a swimming pool in the backyard. -- After Braden did his skinney dipping in water we dressed him in his Baptismal suit. It was a little white pair of slacks, a shirt, vest, tie, and jacket. We can't wait to share the pictures with you all. We had a small family "get together" for him afterwards and had plenty of food and drink and fun. Thanks to everyone who went and helped out, it was a real nice time.

Please check back, we'll be doing our best to keep the situation updated. We'd appreciate it if you could squeeze an extra prayer in for Braden, its really a scary time right now.

Steve, Annie, & Braden